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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Following the fight with Joey in "Good Neighbors," Patty returns to the lake house and only comes home for what?

2. After speaking with Walter in "Mistakes Were Made," Patty learns what about Eliza?

3. Carol tells everyone that, upon leaving his parents, Joey was very what?

4. After confronting Eliza in "Mistakes Were Made," Patty does what?

5. Which two neighbors become embroiled in a conflict in "Good Neighbors"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Walter's feelings regarding population growth?

2. How does Patty's friendship with Eliza end?

3. What happens while Patty and Richard are at the lake house?

4. Why does Walter invite Richard to stay at his lake house?

5. When Richard is invited to stay at the lake house, what is the state of Patty and Walter's marriage?

6. Who is Richard? How does Patty meet him, and what does she think of him?

7. How does Patty respond to Joey's relationship with Connie?

8. What is The Fiend of Athens, and how do Walter and Patty interpret it?

9. How does Connie feel about Joey Berglund?

10. What is Connie Monaghan's relationship to the Berglund family?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze how Walter and Patty's relationship changes over the course of the novel.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the characters of Eliza, Jenna, and Lalitha and analyze the effects each has on both the characters and the plot as a whole.

Essay Topic 3

Analyze Connie's impact on the novel. How does she affect the characters and influence the plot as a whole?

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